"the Magical Girl and ""Super Robot"" genres of anime; Toei's TV series include the first magical-girl anime series, ""Mahoutsukai Sally"" (an adaptation of Mitsuteru Yokoyama's manga of the same name), and Go Nagai's ""Mazinger Z"", an adaptation of his manga which set the standard for Super Robot anime. Although the Toei Company usually allows Toei Animation to handle its animation, they occasionally hire other companies to provide animation; although the Toei Company produced the ""Robot Romance Trilogy"", Sunrise (then known as Nippon Sunrise) provided the animation. Toei Animation anime which have won the Animage Anime Grand Prix award are ""Galaxy"
"of ""animation"", is the Japanese word for animation in general, but is used more specifically to mean ""Japanese animation"" in the rest of the world. Anime dates from about 1917. TV networks regularly broadcast anime programming. In Japan, major national TV networks, such as TV Tokyo broadcast anime regularly. Smaller regional stations broadcast anime on UHF. ""Naruto"", ""Pokémon"", ""Bleach"", ""Dragon Ball"", and ""One Piece"" are examples of anime. While many popular series air during the daytime and evening hours, most air only at night from 12:00am – 4:00am. These series usually make profits primarily through BD (Blu-ray Disc)/DVD sales and"
"of an anime film and went on to become an international success. Later, in 2004, the same creators produced ""Steamboy"", which took over as the most expensive anime film. ""Spirited Away"" shared the first prize at the 2002 Berlin Film Festival and won the 2003 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, while """" was featured at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. According to Natsuki Matsumoto, the first animated film produced in Japan may have stemmed from as early as 1907. Known as , from its depiction of a boy in a sailor suit drawing the characters for ""katsudō shashin"", the"
"cinema include Yasujirō Ozu, Masaki Kobayashi, Kenji Mizoguchi, Kon Ichikawa, Keisuke Kinoshita and Ishirō Honda. Anime (Japanese: アニメ) is a movie or television episode of sorts which utilizes animation as an art style iconic to Japan in order to convey a story. Unlike western cartoons, anime can be distinguished by its detail in character design, large array of facial expressions, in-depth character development, wide target audience and rare use of talking animals. These traits are used in order to better the connection between a viewer and the characters. Most of the time, anime is based on animated comics called manga,"
"modern sense. Japanese-made video game consoles have been popular since the 1980s. Japanese animated films and television series, known as anime for short, were largely influenced by Japanese manga comic books and have been extensively popular in the West. Japan is a world-renowned powerhouse of animation. Famous anime directors include Hayao Miyazaki, Osamu Tezuka and Isao Takahata. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world; movies have been produced in Japan since 1897. Three Japanese films (""Rashomon"", ""Seven Samurai"" and ""Tokyo Story"") made the ""Sight & Sound""'s 2002 Critics and Directors Poll for the best"
"History of anime The history of anime can be traced back to the start of the 20th century, with the earliest verifiable films dating from 1917. The first generation of animators in the late 1910s included Ōten Shimokawa, Jun'ichi Kōuchi and Seitaro Kitayama, commonly referred to as the ""fathers"" of anime. Propaganda films, such as ""Momotarō no Umiwashi"" (1943) and """" (1945), the latter being the first anime feature film, were made during World War II. During the 1970s, anime developed further, with the inspiration of Disney animators, separating itself from its Western roots, and developing distinct genres such as"
"animation is known to have been found in Japan in 1910, but it is not clear if the film was ever shown in a cinema or publicly displayed at all. Yasushi Watanabe found a film known as in the records of the company. The description matches James Blackton's ""Humorous Phases of Funny Faces"", though academic consensus on whether or not this is a true animated film is disputed. According to Kyokko Yoshiyama, the first animated film called was shown in Japan at the in Tokyo sometime in 1911. Yoshiyama did not refer to the film as ""animation"" though. The first"
"series aired on television. History of anime The history of anime can be traced back to the start of the 20th century, with the earliest verifiable films dating from 1917. The first generation of animators in the late 1910s included Ōten Shimokawa, Jun'ichi Kōuchi and Seitaro Kitayama, commonly referred to as the ""fathers"" of anime. Propaganda films, such as ""Momotarō no Umiwashi"" (1943) and """" (1945), the latter being the first anime feature film, were made during World War II. During the 1970s, anime developed further, with the inspiration of Disney animators, separating itself from its Western roots, and developing"
"worth of anime from production companies ""over the past few years"", compared with under from overseas. There has been a rise in sales of shows to television stations in Japan, caused by late night anime with adults as the target demographic. This type of anime is less popular outside Japan, being considered ""more of a niche product"". ""Spirited Away"" (2001) is the all-time highest-grossing film in Japan. It was also the highest-grossing anime film worldwide until it was overtaken by Makoto Shinkai's 2016 film ""Your Name"". Anime films represent a large part of the highest-grossing Japanese films yearly in Japan,"
"related to a new form of Orientalism. The earliest commercial Japanese animation dates to 1917, and Japanese anime production has since continued to increase steadily. The characteristic anime art style emerged in the 1960s with the works of Osamu Tezuka and spread internationally in the late twentieth century, developing a large domestic and international audience. Anime is distributed theatrically, by way of television broadcasts, directly to home media, and over the Internet. It is classified into numerous genres targeting diverse broad and niche audiences. Anime is a diverse art form with distinctive production methods and techniques that have been adapted"
"anime discusses subjects for both adults and children whereas in the United States animation is traditionally for children. He also stated that any viewer would be able to find something to their liking due to anime's large scale of production. Susan J. Napier, a Professor of Japanese Language and Literature, stated that anime fans ""find refuge in a culture that diverges from the typical American way of life."" She pointed out that fascination with Japanese culture is not a new concept and has existed since the mid-19th century. For example, an 1876 painting by Claude Monet entitled ""La Japonaise"" depicts"
"is mostly not. In Japanese anime, is a feature film that is mostly composed of footage from a television serial. These typically compress the plot of a story arc from about eight to thirteen broadcast hours to a bit more than two hours without commercials. Additional animation may be added that is either of a superior quality to that made for television or which changes story details, often making the ending lead to a sequel not suggested in the original show. Such films may be put on video or DVD, recently even without being shown theatrically. A compilation movie is"
"anime did not seem like it would become mainstream. However, the anime boom in the U.S. began with the airing of the anime series ""Pokémon"" in syndication in 1998, which served as proof to U.S. broadcasters and distributors that Japanese media could succeed in the U.S. market. It was only after ""Pokémon"" and ""Power Rangers"" left the mainstream that U.S. audiences became aware of anime's Japanese origins. In the '70s, Japanese Animation reached Europe mainly with productions aimed at European and Japanese children with the main results being ""Heidi"", ""Vicky the Vicking"" and ""Barbapapa"". However these works were not recognized"
"and 'decorative art', as the West has done since the Renaissance, it is important to note Japan's significant and unique contributions to the fields of art in entertainment, commercial uses, and graphic design. Cartoons imported from America led to anime that at first were derived exclusively from manga stories. Today, anime abounds, and many artists and studios have risen to great fame as artists; Hayao Miyazaki and the artists and animators of Studio Ghibli are generally regarded to be among the best the anime world has to offer. Japan also flourishes in the fields of graphic design, commercial art (e.g."
"other times later down the road until his death in 1989. It was from his experience in animation that Tezuka decided to create The Film Lives On. Before the 1960s the art form was originally called or (""animated cartoon"") became known as and then finally for short. Since becoming recognized overseas, the term ""Anime"" has been used to describe Japanese animation ever since. The Film Lives On The setting is 1950s Japan and young Musashi Miyamoto has come to Tokyo with visions of becoming a manga filmmaker. When he visits a manga filmmaking studio, he meets veteran manga filmmaker Matsuma"
"Japan are blocked from viewing it. Voice Actor The Little Mermaid Anime 1975 Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid (1975 film) The movie opens in live action Denmark. The narrator talks about Hans Christian Andersen and his authorship of the original story. After a brief shot of a live action ocean and the opening title card (with a mermaid song in the background), the scene dissolves to 2D hand-drawn anime. Princess Marina, who lives in the undersea kingdom with her father, grandmother, and five older sisters, is playing with her best friend Fritz, a dolphin. On her way home, the"
"United States is a result of the sophisticated graphic quality, a wide thematic diversity, and an inclination to reject the Disney convention of a happy ending – even when the animé is produced entirely in America. He further states that animé was a tool in which the Japanese could gain popularity in their pop culture and give Americans a taste of something unique and interesting in the media. As anime has grown in its variety of viewers, genres, and themes, the industry has become more prevalent in society. Many producers will at some point create an anime that's inspired by"
"Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year The of the Japan Academy Prize is one of the annual Awards given by the ""Nippon Academy-sho association"" (Japan Academy Prize Association). Although the Japan Academy Prize has been awarded annually since 1978 to Japanese films, animation films were disregarded in the early years of the Prize. Animation films have included top grossing Japanese films of the year, such as ""Doraemon"" (1980,1981,1983,1984), Studio Ghibli's ""Kiki's Delivery Service"" (1989), ""Only Yesterday"" (1991), ""Porco Rosso"" (1992), ""Pom Poko"" (1994), and ""Whisper of the Heart"" (1995). Yet no animated film received a nomination for a"
"one of the most common in Japan and worldwide today. In the 1980s, anime became more accepted in the mainstream in Japan (although less than manga), and experienced a boom in production. Following a few successful adaptations of anime in overseas markets in the 1980s, anime gained increased acceptance in those markets in the 1990s and even more at the turn of the 21st century. In 2002, ""Spirited Away"", a Studio Ghibli production directed by Hayao Miyazaki won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival and in 2003 at the 75th Academy Awards it won the Academy Award"
"was produced with traditional animation methods using a pose to pose approach. The majority of mainstream anime uses fewer expressive key frames and more in-between animation. Japanese animation studios were pioneers of many limited animation techniques, and have given anime a distinct set of conventions. Unlike Disney animation, where the emphasis is on the movement, anime emphasizes the art quality and let limited animation techniques make up for the lack of time spent on movement. Such techniques are often used not only to meet deadlines but also as artistic devices. Anime scenes place emphasis on achieving three-dimensional views, and backgrounds"
"film. In Japan, such films are referred to as anime, and many creators work in both forms simultaneously, leading to an intrinsic linking of the two forms. During the latter half of the 20th century comics have become a very popular item for collectors and from the 1970s American comics publishers have actively encouraged collecting and shifted a large portion of comics publishing and production to appeal directly to the collector's community. Writing in 1972, Sir Ernst Gombrich felt Töpffer had evolved a new pictorial language, that of an abbreviated art style, which allowed the audience to fill in gaps"
"of the Constitution of Japan, with Miyazaki's pacifism in the film coming under fire from the political right, while ""Attack on Titan"" has been accused of promoting militarism by people in neighboring Asian countries, despite being intended to show the haunting, hopeless aspects of conflict. The mecha anime genre (as well as Japanese kaiju films) received a Western homage with the 2013 film ""Pacific Rim"" directed by Guillermo del Toro. Western streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime are increasingly becoming involved in the production and licensing of anime. In 2015, an all record-high of three hundred forty anime"
"""Fullmetal Alchemist"", ""Yukikaze"" and several others with ""Infinite Stratos"". Animax , stylized as ANIMAX, is a Japanese anime satellite television network, dedicated to broadcasting anime programming. The channel also dubbed cartoons in Japanese language. A subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan and Mitsui & Co.'s joint venture AK Holdings, it is headquartered in in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, with its co-founders and shareholders including Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan and the noted anime studios Sunrise, Toei Animation, TMS Entertainment and production company NAS. Animax is the first and largest 24-hour network in the world dedicated to anime. Animax operates as separate 24-hour"
"Hiroshima International Animation Festival The International Animation Festival Hiroshima is a biennial animation festival hosted in Hiroshima, Japan. The festival was found in 1985 by ""Association International du Film d'Animation"" or ""ASIFA"" as ""International Animation Festival for the World Peace"". The city of Hiroshima was one of the sites of nuclear bombings in 1945 at the end of World War II and it was chosen to inspire thoughts of unity through the arts. The festival is now considered one of the most respected animated festivals, along with Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Ottawa International Animation Festival, and Zagreb World Festival"
"popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan, but became only a minor format in the United States that was closely associated with bootleg copies. Japanese animation began in the early 20th century, when Japanese filmmakers experimented with the animation techniques also pioneered in France, Germany, the United States and Russia. A claim for the earliest Japanese animation is ""Katsudō Shashin"", an undated and private work by an unknown creator. In 1917, the first professional and publicly displayed works began to appear. Animators such as Ōten Shimokawa and Seitarou Kitayama produced numerous works, with the oldest surviving film being Kouchi's ""Namakura Gatana"","
"South East Asia, Philippines, Hong Kong and Taiwan) and South Korea, in addition to VOD platforms in the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In India Animax is available online as live channel via Sony LIV. Established on May 20, 1998 by Sony, originally premiered in Japan on July 1, the same year, across the SKY PerfecTV! satellite television platform. Headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, and presided by Masao Takiyama, Animax's shareholders and founders include Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan), Sunrise, Toei Animation, TMS Entertainment, and NAS. Its founders also include noted anime producer and production designer Yoshirō Kataoka. The network"
"the Japan Academy Prize followed the American Academy Awards, which instituted the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2002, by creating the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year. Only one film is awarded , but all five nominees are recognized by the association with the awarding of . Studio Ghibli with 4 films has the most awards as a studio while Studio Chizu & Madhouse features prominently. No franchise has won the award twice but Detective Conan is the most nominated franchise with 8 nominations while Doraemon, One Piece & Evangelion featuring prominently. Japan Academy Prize for"
"Kyoto Animation , abbreviated , is a Japanese animation studio and a light novel publisher located in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It was established in 1981 by former Mushi Pro staff. Presided by Hideaki Hatta, the company is also affiliated with the studio Animation Do. As of 2015, Kyoto Animation has headed production for 21 anime series and several films. Kyoto Animation's animators are salaried employees rather than freelance animators paid per frame. Therefore, Kyoto Animation animators are able to focus more on the quality of each frame rather than the quantity of frames they produce. One of the founders,"
"the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in France, the Ottawa International Animated Film Festival in Canada, the Animae Caribe in the Caribbean, the Hiroshima International Animation Festival in Japan, and the Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films in Croatia. The annual Annie Awards are presented by the Hollywood branch of the International Animated Film Association. International Animated Film Association The International Animated Film Association (French: Association Internationale du Film d'Animation, ASIFA) is an international non-profit organization founded in 1960 in Annecy, France, by the best known animation artists of the time such as the Canadian animator, Norman McLaren. There are"
"Anima set up its second animation studio, AnimaPoint, to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in cooperation with a local partner, Creative Media Point. Anima is a privately owned animation studio founded in the year 2000 and located in Helsinki, Finland. With a sister company, Anima Boutique, Anima is a full service animation production company. Anima’s first real international hit, an award-winning 3D feature ""Niko & The Way to the Stars"" (2008) has been sold to over 100 countries. In year 2009 Anima was nominated for a Cartoon Movie Tributes as the best European animation producer, and European Film Academy slated Niko for"
"Lion King"" (US, 1994), ""The Prince of Egypt"" (US, 1998), ""Akira"" (Japan, 1988), ""Spirited Away"" (Japan, 2001), ""The Triplets of Belleville"" (France, 2003), and ""The Secret of Kells"" (Irish-French-Belgian, 2009). Full animation refers to the process of producing high-quality traditionally animated films that regularly use detailed drawings and plausible movement, having a smooth animation. Fully animated films can be made in a variety of styles, from more realistically animated works like those produced by the Walt Disney studio (""The Little Mermaid"", ""Beauty and the Beast"", ""Aladdin"", ""The Lion King"") to the more 'cartoon' styles of the Warner Bros. animation studio."
"International Film Festival and in 2003 at the 75th Academy Awards it won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. It was the first non-American film to win the award and is one of only two to do so. It has also become the highest grossing anime film, with a worldwide box office of US$274 million. Following the launch of Toonami on Cartoon Network and later Adult Swim, anime saw a giant rise in the North American market. Kid-friendly anime such as ""Pokémon"", ""Yu-Gi-Oh!"", ""Digimon"", ""Doraemon"", ""Bakugan"", ""Beyblade"", and the 4Kids Entertainment adaptation of ""One Piece"" have all received varying"
"or ""Monchichi"" (1980) as kids don't even know they were not local animation but ""Japananimation"" created in Japan. In 1986 and 1987 three new private or privatized television channels appeared on French airwaves. An aggressive struggle for audience, especially on children television shows, started between the two public and the two private channels. After the private channels lost market share, they counter-attacked with a non-Japanese lineup, mostly American productions such as Hanna-Barbera. This ploy failed, and TF1 remained pre-eminent in children's TV shows with its Japanese licenses. In 1991 French theaters showed an ""anime"" feature-film for the first time: Katsuhiro"